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Mailman - The GNU Mailing List Management System
-Copyright (C) 1998-2007 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1998-2008 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
-3.0 alpha 1 (XX-XXX-200X)
+3.0 alpha 1 -- "Leave That Thing Alone"
+(XX-XXX-200X)
User visible changes
@@ -40,10 +41,22 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
instead. The substitution variable $fqdn_listname has been added.
DEFAULT_MSG_FOOTER in Defaults.py.in hsa been updated accordingly.
+ - The KNOWN_SPAMMERS global variable is replaced with HEADER_MATCHES. The
+ mailing list's header_filter_rules variable is replaced with
+ header_matches which has the same semantics as HEADER_MATCHES, but is
+ list-specific.
+
+ - DEFAULT_MAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES -> EMAIL_COMMANDS_MAX_LINES
+
Architecture
- - SQLAlchemy/Elixir based storage for all list and user data, with default
- storage in a SQLite database.
+ - Implementation of a chain-of-rules based approach for deciding whether a
+ message should initially be accepted, held for approval,
+ rejected/bounced, or discarded. This replaces most of the disposition
+ handlers in the pipeline.
+
+ - The Storm ORM is used for data storage, with the SQLite backend as the
+ default relational database.
- Zope interfaces are used to describe the major components.
@@ -126,6 +139,9 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
been removed. The domain that the list is being added to must already
exist.
+ - Backport the ability to specify additional footer interpolation
+ variables by the message metadata 'decoration-data' key.
+
Bug fixes and other patches
- Removal of DomainKey/DKIM signatures is now controlled by Defaults.py
@@ -148,6 +164,9 @@ Here is a history of user visible changes to Mailman.
incorrectly suppressed in messages that Mailman sends directly to
users.
+ - The 'adminapproved' metadata key is renamed 'moderator_approved'.
+
+
2.1.9 (12-Sep-2006)
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